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Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1887-11-24

Lovers of beer-garden singing are
in dispair. Paulus's voice has given
out. Whether he will regain it or
not is problematic. For the present
he is silent, and for some weeks to
come he will remain so. What in
jured his voice? 1t was doubtless
the effort required to sing over and
over again each evening the song,
''En Revenant de la Revue" other
wise known as the "Boulanger
March," This, as all the world
knows. is merely an old polka, written
some fifteen years ago in honor of the
Queen Of Italy, and widely circulated
under the name of Margherita Polka.
Paulus got hold of it and found that
he could sing the rather catchy" air.
So he had some wretched doggerel set
to it and began singing it every night
at the big beer garden where he was
engaged to entertain women OF the
town and their male companions. 1t
is now Just about year since he
brought out the "Boulanger March"
song. He had the assurance to claim
it as purely original composition,
and believe he still sticks to it, al
though every one knows it is absurd,
But the piece did not win any great
popularity until last March, when
Paulus went to the Ministry OF War
and sang it to General Boulanger, and
the latter exclaimed, SIT ought to be
made the national song of France !"
Paulus gets a royalty of so per cent.
on all copies OF the songs sold in
France. Up to the present nearly
BOO, 900 copies have been sold, and l
am told that his income therefrom
has been fully 5000 a month. This
alone is nice income. How much
he gets at the beer garden l do not
know, but suppose it is at least $50 a
night. You may therefore understand
that Paulus is we'll off. He has lately
paid $25, 900 for house in Paris, and
he owns a country seat which cost
him every penny of $4,000. He
lives, dresses and drives out in style
becoming millionaire. Now that his
voice is broken he does not go to the
beer garden, but once week he
sends his liveried servants around to
the office with his carriage to draw his
salary and bring it home to him.
Chicago Tribune.
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waxner,s own singing.


1t is natural for the average art
lover, who does not, as a rule. care to
dabble in theoretical reading, to get
his ideas OF Wagnerian performance
from the practical examples that have
come within the scope of his own ex-
perience. But it should be remem-
bered that, because this or that singer
is famous in Wagnerian roles, and
has been highly praised by the
master himself, it does not neces-
sarily follow that he is a model
of all the artistic virtues that Wagner
priced. No more does it necessarily
follow, because Wagner values fine
stage presence, good acting, distinct
enunciation, and correctness of rhetor-
ical accent more than he did singing,
in its purely musical aspect, that he
did not value fine singing at all. Wag-
ner, like the rest of us, had to put up
with the best he could get; the artists
he had to do with were Germans, who,
as he himself admitted, "have, as a
rule, but little talent for singing" The
notion that Wagner cared nothing for
fine singing, and was willing, and even
glad, to dispense with it in perform
ances OF his works, seems to me utterly
without foundation. That he strongly
deprecated that somewhat foppish
preciosity of style which belongs to
Observation-Disclosures OPERA" and Of
which Rubin was probably the most
perfect exponent is true enough. But
between this and the almost total alb
sence Of musical phrasing, the mere
declamatory shouting that we have
heard from some loudly acclaimed
singers in Wagnerian roles, here lies a
considerable distance; and it is, to
me at least, indubitable that
Wagner's ideal lay somewhere
between these two limits. Frau Ma
terna once told me that Wagner's own
singing of passages in the "Nibelun-
gen" and "Parsifal," when he showed
his singers how this or that phrase
ought to go, as he often had occasion
to do at the Bayreuth rehearsals, was
literally the despair Of all the artists
present. She said that his voice was
bad and his vocalization very defec-
tive, but that the lyric purity, perfec-
ton and poignant expressiveness of
his musical phrasing were simply as
tounding.-GS cribner's Monthly.
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EASTERN EVENTS.
Taking of Testimony in
the Herr Most Case.
EXTRACTS FROM HIS SPEECH.
Fierce Fight Between Negroes
and Whites on Louisiana
Plantation.

Associated Press Dispatches to the HxRA1p.I
New York, November 23.-The
work OF getting jury in the case of
Herr Most was completed this morn
ing. Assistant District Attorney Nicoll
opened the case for the people. The
language the prosecution will endeavor
10 prove Most as having used is this:
Every person concerned in that trag-
edy 1.-THE hanging of the Chicago An
archistsl, from beginning to end, is
marked for Instruction." "a revolu-
ton is at hand!" A voice here cried,
"Why not begin tonight ?''l "Again
say, arm yourselves for the revolu-
ton. Our arm is the bomb, stronger
than the Calling gun or other wea-
pons. 1t kills fifty at once. Grinnell
shall be first, then comes Gary, then
the Judges of the Supreme Court of
Illinois and Judges of the United
States Supreme Court. And let not
Oglesby think he will escape because
iiC OOiuluutcu TWO VI IucLl
THE CRoss-ExAMINATIoN
OF SAKE was begun by Howe. Effort
was made to show that the witness
had given different testimony before
the Grand Jury. The witness had
not given his account OF the meeting
so full as at the trial and he admitted
having made a mistake before the
Grand Jury in saying that Most be-
gan his speech with the words EEL
low Slaves" The words used by
Most were "Bruder Anarchists" He
thought that Most had used the
English plural to the Anarchists and
not the German.
REPORTERS TESTIMONY.
Simon Drvfus, reporter, corrobo-
rated the other witnesses substantial
ly. The man had sat next to him at
the meeting, who jumped up, saying:
"Why not to-day? We are ready"
Most concluded by saying: lam an
Anarchist; rise, Anarchy, long may it
live" He thought it time to get out
which he did. He did not take
notes, because did not want to be car
ried out dead. Witness did not suffer
much under severe cross-examina-
ton. The prosecution rested its case,
and the court adjourned
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LYNCH LAW.
a Negro Executed by Vigiiantes
i'm Mary land.

FREDERIck, Nd, November 23.-
John II. Bigus, colored, convicted of
a felonious assault on Mrs. Teakle, an
aged white woman, Friday last, was
taken from Jail at 1880 \. NJ. and
hanged to u tree about a quarter OF a
mile from prison. Bigus declared his
Innocence and said that another colored
man was the perpetrator OF the as
sault. The sheriff denied admission
to the masked lynchers, who tore
down the doors and took the victim
from the cell. When the place was
reached, Bigus asked to be permitted
to pray, which was granted him. Al
ter he was drawn up to the limb OF
the tree, three pistol shots were fired
into his body.
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Notes from the Capital.

SACRAMENTO, Novem Der 23.-Gov-
ernor Waterman to-day appointed
90 notaries public.
Business will be generally sus-
pended in this city on Thanksgiving
day.
John r. Mclean, of Alameda, was
to-day appointed a member of the
board of directors OF the deaf, dumb
and blind asylum, vice Redman,
whose term has expired.
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mONEyED MONOPOLIsTs.
The Suit Against the Chicago
Gas Trust Dismissed.

CmcAGo, November 23.-When the
suit to demolish the great local Gas
Trust came up before Judge Tuley this
morning, attorneys for the plaintiffs
moved to have it dismissed at their
cost, and the Court SO ordered The
Trust is credited with having bought
off all opponents fighting it in the
courts.
The plaintiff in this case was the
Hoffman estate, of New York Civ,
which owned 400 shares Of stock il
the Chicago Gas Light and Coke Com
pany. Late yesterday the attorneys
representing the estate received the
following dispatch: "If the estate
has made satisfactory arrangements
with defendants quash all proceedings
before Judge Tuley."
The Trust has now complete mo-
nopoly Of the gas interests OF Chicago.
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SfntesS Evidence.

CHICAGO, November 23.-It is as
serted that Henry Varnell, the con-
victed ex-Warden OF the County In.
sane Asylum, has given some impor-
tant information to State Attorney
Grinnell concerning the Doodle gang
and its operations. 1t is thought that
the information will be used by
the new State Attorney for further
prosecution. Grinnell will, it is said /,
recommend Varnell's PARDON
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PACIFIC COAST.
Report Of the San Fran
cisco Grand Jury.
HOTEL MEN IN TROUBLE.
Swalm's Case Called-His Unsuc-
cessful Attempt to Bride
His CaptOr.

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.
SAN Francisco, November 23.-The
Grand Jury OF the city and county of
San Francisco, which has served a
term of eight months, and investi-
gated in that time a number of i'm
portant matters, including the charges
of jury-bribing against Robert +. Nor
row, finished it's labors to-day, and
Foreman Stewart Menzies submitted
a lengthy report to presiding Judge
CofIey. The report states that many
charges against the police department
have been investigated and some OF
them found to be not without founda-
ton.
ATTENTION is CALLED
To the acts OF the clerk of the Police
Commissioners, in shaving the war;
rants of police officers, and the COM
missioners are recommended to take
the necessary steps to stop the prac-
tice. The report also states that the
action of the sheriff in assisting to
prevent the execution of orders of this
body in the "Little Pete" case and in
suspending deputy for admitting to
the County Jail committee of the
Grand Jury, merits condemnation.
The police courts are severely CEN
sured, and the dismissal Of one of tie
clerks is recommended.
JURY BIRDING.
On the subject OF jury bribing the
following statement is made: 1--WE
find it has been carried on here to de-
feat the ends of justice, and is dis
grace to the city and county. We
have found indictments against per-
sons where evidence was clear and
convincing, and we hope our success
sors viii continue a thorough investi-
CATION of the subject until the guilty
are punished and this base crime is
made odious in the community"
TERRY's TALE DIsBELIEvEN.
The charges recently made bv ex-
Judge Terry regarding the alleged
attempt to bride Judge Sullivan dur
ing the Sharon trial we're declared to
be false and without foundation.
Reference is made to the papers found
recently in the safe of a Chinese mer-
chant, and the grand jury states that
valuable information was obtained
from the documents, but that some of
them disappeared, and why they
should have disappeared was only a
matter of conjecture.
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AN EFFORT TO ESCAPE.
Eeyd Protests Against the Crane
Jury indictments.

SAN Francisco, November "a
motion was made in the United States
Circuit Court to-day to quash the in
dictment against EXCLUSIONS Inspector
William A. Boyd, charged with lille
gal dealing in Chinese return certifi-
Gates. The principal grounds for the
motion were that the members OF the
Grand Jury were prejudiced against
the defendant and were of different
political party, and that the Grand
Jury had no legal existence, as it was
not drawn for any judicial district
known to the laws of the United
States.
Judge Sawyer took the motion
under advisement until Monday.
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New ORLEANS, November 23.-The
German American Insurance Com
pany to-day filed petition in the
District Court, praying for forfeiture
of its charter the clause assigned
being the failure OF Rand and Com
pany, the Kentucky Company's largest
correspondents.
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Warrington Briefs.

WASHINGTON, November 23.-Car-
dinal Gibbons made short visit to
the President at the White House
this afternoon.
Secretary Whitney, Of the navy,
presented an order for a turkey to
each employee in his department to-
day.
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HELENA, Mont, November 23.-
John Hart has been convicted of MUIR
der in the first degree for the killing
of II man named Pitts at Bowlder two
years ago. This was the third trial.
In the first the jury disagreed, in the
second he was eonyicted but the Su-
preme Court granted new trial and
a change of venue was taken to this
county. He will be sentenced to-mor-
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Track Topics.

SAN Francisco, November 23.-lna
day or two the Southern Pacific will
incorporate the Stockton and Tulare
Railroad Company, for the purpose of
commencing to build its branch sys-
tenn in the San joaquin valley. 1t is
not yet certain whether construction
will be commenced at Fresno or at
the end of the valley.
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COHEN,s ESTATE.
Filling of the Wiil-valuc of the
Property Unknown.

SAN Francisco, November 23.-The
will of the late Alfred A. Cohen,
counsel for the Southern Pacific rail-
way, was filed for probate in the Su-
perior Court this afternoon by his
widow, Emelie Gibbons Cohen, who
is named as executrix therein. The
estate consists of property in San
Francisco, Alameda and San Joaquin
counties and in New York, the value
of which is unknown. The property
is left to the widow, who shall make
provision for the children of testator.
In case the estate exceeds in value the
sum OF 100000 the testator be-
queaths his brother Morris A. Cohen
the sum of $4,000.
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DAKOTA,S VOTE.
Official Returns Not all in-The
Present Position.

MINNEAPoMs, November % - A
special from Bismark, says: Official
returns thus far received at the CAPT
toll, show that the majority for divis-
ion in the territory is about 5000. The
majority for prohibition increases. 1t
is impossible to give the exact figures
as the returns are not all in. There
is possibility that the small major
ity for division will be entirely wiped
out by returns to be received, as the
majority of the counties to be heard
from are in North Dakota.
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Government Timber.

SAN Francisco, November 23.-In
the case OF the United States against
OF. Spencer, for cutting government
timber in Placer County, the jury in
the Circuit Court to-day gave judg-
ment against defendant for 1915. The
suit was for $40, 900.
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Camp COnviviality.

FRESNO, November 23.-Companies
A and B arrived this evening, to be
present at the shoot for the battalion
prize. The Modesto Guard also ac-
companied them, and the Visalia Ca
diets are to be here. The officers OF
the Guards banqueted the officers OF
the several companies tonight, and
the Battalion band from Stockton gave
a concert.
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A Valuable Tooth.

"What swells your face up SO aw.
fully, boy?" "Jumpin' toothache. y
Doesn't it hurt? NEARLY kills me. "
"Come into my office" said the kind
young dentist, "and I'll cure it for you
in a minute" Don't want it cured, "
replied the boy; want it to keep me
out of school on race days. It's
mighty rough on a TELLER at nights,
mister, but l wouldn't take $40 for
this tooth, just the same. III Bob Bur-
dette.
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The HOllnday Estate.

PORTLAND, Ogn., November 23.-
Judge Stearns, of the State Circuit
Court, to-day set aside the order OF
County Court confirming Joseph Hol-
laday as executor of his brothers.
ben Holla days. estate. Mrs. Holla-
days petition for the appointment of
special administrator will be heard
on November goth.
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A sphyxiated.

SAN DIEGO, November ga young
man named Norman Silverthorn ar
rived from Canada last night and took
a room at the Russ House. On re-
firing he blew out the gas, and when
found at 7 o'clock this morning life
was about extinct. His recovery is,
however, probable.
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A Powerful Party.

LONDON, November 23.-An at
tempt was made at Thurles to-day to
restore unity in the Gaelic Athletic
Association. Davitt and Fitzgerald,
finding that nothing short of absolute
submission to the party represented
by the priests would satisfy the
seceders, left Thurles without seeing
Archbishop Croke.
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OTHER MATTERS.

At the evening conference Lord
Salisbury said that he would not re.
new the discussion on the question
whether home rule would be estab-
lished or not. The coming session Of
Parliament would be devoted more to
measures that would satisfy the press.
ing wants of England. He did moi
intend, until there was manifest
change in Ireland, to propose in
creased powers OF the local govern
ment there.
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Death of John SpeiIman.

New YORK, November 23.-John
Spellman, the jockey, died at st. Vim
cents Hospital this morning, from in
juries received during a dispute on
Tuesday night last. The affair is not
known to the police, so the Coroner
was not called to take an antemortem
statement, but will investigate.
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WINNEMUCcA, New, November 23.-
Gone Hand JIM" an Indian, was SEN
fenced in the District Court to-day to
be executed on Janu airy 18th next for
the murder of Andrew Kinneger at
Willow Greek in 1886. The Indians of
this county object to the hanging, but
no trouble is feared.
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LANSING, Mich, November %. -
The National Grange to-day voted to
hold the next meeting at Topeka,
Kas. A resolution was adopted ask
ing that restriction of the bonded
Indebtedness of the country be made
from the treasury surplus.
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A RsRTHDAY BANQUET.
Celebration of The Empress of
China,s Natal Day.

WAsnINGroN, November 23.-The
Chinese Minister entertained at din
ner tonight Score aries Bayard and
Whitney, Postnaster-General Villas,
Secretaries Faircllild and Endicott, the
English, French, Spanish, Danish,
Swedish, Mexican, Argentine, Costa
Rica, Hawaiian and Italian Ministers,
the japanese Charge d'Affaires and
the Justices OF the Supreme Court.
rhe entertainment was to commemor-
ate the birthday of the Empress of
China, which occurs tomorrow.
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AT HOME AND ABROAD.


items Reported Dy AssOclateu
Press Correspondents.
Brevet Brigadier-General Randolph
B. Marcy died at Orange, N. j., on
Tuesday evening, rs years of age. His
death is ascribed to general debility,
and he was in feeble condition long
before fears were entertained OF the
death of his son-in-law, George b.
Mcclellan. Marcy was brevetted
brigadier-general in March, 1865, for
gallant and meritorious services dur
ing the war of the rebellion, and was
retired at his own request in January,
1881, after forty years service.
Application for the removal of the
Reading railroad from the hands of a
receiver was granted by the United
States Court yesterday morning. The
property will be turned over to the
company on the I'd OF January. The
order includes the Jersey Central and
Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia
companies.
Nina Van Zandt, the proxy wife o.
the Anarchist Spies, went to a MILL
merry store with her mother yesterday
morning, and ordered morning bon
net sent to her residence for . Mrs. N
Spies" Her mother objected to Nina
purchasing heavy veil, but Nina
after a few words, had her way ano
the veil was bought.
The Dublin Express says that Frank
Hugh O'Donnell, ex-Vice President o.
the Home Rule Confederation. has
caused subpoenas to be issued for Mr.
Parnell and Thomas Power O'Connol
as witnesses in his suit against the
London Times for 100000.
The Belfast Ne,cs Letter, Glory
organ) says that Balfour will be Gov
eminent leader in the House OF Com
| mons at the next session of Parlia
ment, and that Ashmead Bartlett
| will succeed him as Chief Secretary
for Ireland.
At the inquest held on the recov
cred bodies OF victims OF the Scholtel
disaster, Rowerdan, agent OF thu
steamer, testified that there were 2l4
persons aboard, OF whom eighty-nin'
were saved.
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VIII Not Don the Broad Arrow,

DUBLIN, November 23.-Wardens
to-day entered the cell in Tullamore
jail, in which Joe Vaudeville is con-
fined, violently stripped him of his
clothing and left him entirely naked.
Vaudeville still persists that he will
not wear the prison uniform.
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Rixerside,s Traders.

RIVERSIDE, November %. - The
Board of Trade completed its organi-
cation this afternoon, electing L. M.
Holt president, G. w. Fleming secre-
tary. A. H. Naftzger treasurer. Sixty
mem bers were present.
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PORTLAND, Ogn., November 2S.-J.
B. Motley, formerly in the employ OF
f. Guittard & Co., of San Francisco,
convicted of obtaining money under
false pretenses, was to-day sentenced
to one years impris onment.
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CONSERVATIVE CONVENTION.
Salisbury Speaks ON the Future
of the Party.

LONDON, November 23.-In speech
at the meeting of the National Union
Conservatives at Oxford to-day, Lord
Salisbury said that he saw in the sue
cess of the conference the happiest
augury for the future. Information
from Scotland showed that in calm
sense the Scotch would not sanction
any scheme endangering the integrity
of the Empire. He acknowledged the
generous and unstinted help of the
Liberal Unionists, and declared that
SO long as that support was assured,
the country would rest in peace, free
from assaults from party disorder
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WARSAW, November 23.-At mill
tary banquet this evening, General
Gourko in proposing a toast to his
officers said: Unless the Almighty
has allotted me brief span of life, it
will not be long before / again lead
YOU to the field as Ibid decade ago."
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Fined Fifty Dollars.

SAN Francisco, November %. -
Frederick G. Winch, the druggist who
sold phosphorus to three small boys
and who was the indirect cause of the
death of one OF them, who was fatally
burned while playing with the stuff,
was sentenced to-day to pay $50 fine,
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The Crown Princes Complaint

BERLIN, November 23.-Doctor
Schmidt, in long report to the Medi-
cal Society OF Berlin on the case of
the Crown Prince, says that the cam
cerous infilitration has existed from
the very beginning below the left
vocal chord. This caused the irrita-
ton which produced the papillary
growth on the chord.
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COlliding Cruisers.

LONDON, November 23.-The Rus
sian steamers Sinus and Vesta came
into collision on the Crimean coast to-
day. The Vesta was sunk and fifteen
of her crew were drowned.